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Board of Directors
Timothy G. Marshall, Chair
Karen Chapell, Vice Chair
Alicia Torres, Secretary
David Leichtman, Treasurer
Karen Bantel
Kiana Barfield
Amanda Bekkerman
Marco Bruzzano
James Coleman
Timothy Damschroder
Keith Dickey
Rachel Guinn Feder
Linda Gregerson
Neil C. Hawkins
Nakia J. Johnson
Preeti N. Malani
Joe Malcoun
Chrislan Fuller Manuel
Michael C. Martin
Elizabeth Birr Moje
Rishi Narayan
Mariam C. Noland
DeAnne Ramos
Eli Saulson
Peter Schweitzer
Dug Song
Louise Taylor
Brian Weisman
Brian Willen
Ex-officio Members:
Domenico Grasso, President, U-M
Laurie McCauley, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, U-M
Geoffrey Chatas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, U-M
David Gier, Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, U-M
Jazz Parks, Superintendent, Ann Arbor Public Schools
Christina Kim, Past Co-Chair, UMS Board of Directors
Meghan Murray, U-M Student Representative
Representatives to the Board:
Kathy Goldberg, UMS Sustaining Directors
Ibrahim Jarjoura, UMS Sustaining Directors
Susan Jarvis-Noetzel, UMS Ambassadors
Barb Mulay, UMS Ambassadors
Tim Petersen, UMS Campaign Council
Ambassadors
If you are passionate about the arts and would like to connect deeply with UMS, Ambassadors may be a great match for you.
Over 35 members of the UMS Ambassadors work to increase awareness of and participation in UMS programs through assisting UMS staff with projects and special events, ushering at UMS school-day performances, hosting unique community events, helping to creating partnerships with various U-M and community groups, and providing support to UMS in countless other ways. UMS Ambassadors are the champions of UMS’s community engagement mission.
Ambassador Executive Committee
Mary Anne Beltzman, Co-Chair
Susan Jarvis-Noetzel, Co-Chair
Lisa Armstrong, Secretary/Treasurer
Jordan Harrison, Volunteer Coordinator and Webmaster
Kirsten Williams, School Day Performance Chair
Astrid Beck, Membership Co-Chair
Jaye Kain, Membership Co-Chair
Lisa Armstrong, Social Co-Chair
Sue Beel, Social Co-Chair
Beth McNally, Immediate Past Chair and Newsletter Editor
Terri Park, UMS Liaison
Ambassador General Membership
Lisa Armstrong
Oliver Baldner
Arlene Barnes
Astrid Beck
Sue Beel
Todd Beel
Mary Anne Beltzman
Elaine Bennet
Francine Bomar
Andrea Ciske
Mike Dergis
Ellen Ellinghausen Scheys Wenli Frisch
Joan Grissing
Jordan Harrison
Jaye Kain
Cathy King
Jean Kluge
Leah Korth
Carrie Lannon
Michael Lee
Vivienne Lee
Daria Massimilla
Beth McNally
Barb Mulay
Susan Noetzel
Janet G Popper
Anne Preston
Sue Rebner
Pat Rideout
Jill Ross
Ellen Sapper
Andrew Schneider
Elena Snyder
Sustaining Directors
Katherine Goldberg, co-chair
Norman G. Herbert, co-chair
Wadad Abed
Michael C. Allemang
Kathleen Benton
Maurice S. Binkow
Dan Braga
Sarah Calderini
David Canter
Mark Clague
Christopher C. Conlin
Martha Darling
Julia Donovan Darlow
Monique Deschaine
David Featherman
Barbara Fleischman
Stephen Forrest
Maxine J. Frankel
Patricia M. Garcia
Beverley B. Geltner
Christopher Genteel
Anne Glendon
Richard Gutow
Walter L. Harrison
Debbie S. Herbert
Norman G. Herbert
Carl W. Herstein
David Herzig
Peter N. Heydon
Joel Howell
Thomas C. Kinnear
Marvin Krislov
Earl Lewis
Robert C. Macek
Joetta Mial
Donald Morelock
Jan Barney Newman
Roger Newton
Len Niehoff
Gilbert S. Omenn
Joe E. O’Neal
Stephen Palms
David Parsigian
Philip Power
Prudence Rosenthal
Douglas Rothwell
Judy Dow Rumelhart
Ann Schriber
Ed Schulak
John J.H. Schwarz
Erik H. Serr
Ellie Serras
Joseph A. Sesi
George I. Shirley
Knut Simonsen
Versell Smith, Jr.
Cheryl Soper
Peter Sparling
James C. Stanley
Nancy Stanley
Gail Ferguson Stout
Victor J. Strecher
Karen Jones Stutz
Edward D. Surovell
Susan B. Ullrich
Eileen Weiser
Campaign Council
Alec D. Gallimore, Ph.D. and Reates K. Curry, Ph.D.
Tim and Sally Petersen
Dug and Linh Song
Co-Chairs
Essel and Menakka Bailey
Rachel Bendit
Ken and Noreen Buckfire
Richard Caldarazzo and Eileen Weiser
Sheila Crowley and Max Wicha
Martha Darling and Gil Omenn
Stephen and Rosamund Forrest
Neil and Annmarie Hawkins
Patti Askwith Kenner
Jerry and Dale Kolins
Ju-Yun Li and Shaomeng Wang
Tim Marshall
Peter Schweitzer
James and Nancy Stanley
Jerry May
Special Advisor
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734-647-1174
mvanb@umich.edu
Matthew VanBesien has served as the president of the University Musical Society since 2017, becoming only the seventh president in UMS’s 144-year history. Before his role in Michigan, Matthew served as Executive Director and then President of the New York Philharmonic from 2012-2017. He served as Managing Director of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from 2010-2012, following positions at the Houston Symphony as Executive Director/CEO, and General Manager, from 2002-2009.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. VanBesien earned a Bachelor of Music degree in French horn performance from Indiana University and was the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Manhattan School of Music. He serves as the Secretary and Treasurer on the Board of the International Society for the Performing Arts, and as an Executive Committee member of the University of Michigan’s Presidential Arts Initiative.
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734-936-1459
carmenj@umich.edu
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734-647-1172
jadamcz@umich.edu
About Jessica
Joined UMS in 2017
Favorite UMS Performance: Nederlands Dans Theater
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734-764-8443
johnp@umich.edu
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734-615-9579
bakscott@umich.edu
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melkay@umich.edu
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aampapag@umich.edu
About Athena
Joined UMS in 2024
Favorite UMS Performance: Orchestra of the Americas with Yo-Yo Ma and Kayhan Kalhor
Athena started as a volunteer with the UMS Ambassadors in 2019 serving as the member-at-large on the executive board and as an usher both at School Day Performances and as the Accessible Seating Patron Assistant for many evening performances. She is an Ann Arbor native and Michigan alum enjoying our vibrant performing arts community.
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734-764-5224
ggarnish@umich.edu
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734-647-1168
arenfo@umich.edu
About Anné
Joined UMS in 2014
Favorite past performance: Accordion Summit in November 2014
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734-615-0581
blkojima@umich.edu
About Bridget
Joined UMS in 2013 as a student in the Ticket Office, 2019 as a full-time staff member
Favorite UMS Performance: Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in 2013
Bridget joined UMS as a student while getting a degree in Performing Arts Management from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and returned as a full-time staff member in 2019.
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734-763-3100
corrinha@umich.edu
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kyleca@umich.edu
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sbozell@umich.edu
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734-647-8009
wmlsmith@umich.edu
About Will
Joined UMS in 2019
Favorite UMS Performance: Fiddler on the Roof
Will is a member of the UMS Development team. A native of Ann Arbor, he and his wife, Megann, are raising their two children here. An alum of Eastern Michigan University and Ann Arbor Huron High School, Will continues to serve as the Camp Director for the Huron High School annual marching band camp held each August at Interlochen. Will enjoys the outdoors, camping, vacations, cooking, and time with family and friends.
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734-647-1175
ralesko@umich.edu
About Rachelle
Joined UMS in 2007
Favorite UMS Performance: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland
Rachelle is an Ann Arbor native and University of Michigan alumna. She began working at UMS as a temp in the Development Office right out of college and has now been at UMS for 15 years. As a student at UofM, she was a member of the Michigan Marching Band and she continues to fuel her love of the arts by playing trumpet in the Ann Arbor Concert Band, attending the Ann Arbor Summer Festival (run by her husband Mike Michelon) and looks forward to bringing their son Louis to UMS performances in the near future!
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734-615-6592
lmmurray@umich.edu
About Lisa
Joined UMS in 1997
Favorite UMS Performance: Einstein on the Beach
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734-764-6179
cayenneh@umich.edu
About Cayenne
Joined UMS in 2020
Favorite UMS Performance: SW!NG OUT – Caleb Teicher
Cayenne Harris serves as Vice President of Education and Community Engagement at UMS, leading programming for faculty and students, K-12, community, and audience initiatives. Cayenne began at UMS in February 2020 after 8 years as Vice President of Lyric Unlimited, the education/community engagement arm of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and 12 years in ascending roles at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. A French horn player, Cayenne received music degrees in performance from San Francisco State University and Yale University. She was twice named one of NewCity Magazine’s 50 Outstanding Leaders of Chicago’s Theater, Dance, Opera, and Comedy Culture, has served as a speaker at numerous professional conferences on a range of topics, and is an active volunteer.
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734-615-0122
tepark@umich.edu
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734-764-3903
alexiscl@umich.edu
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734-764-4805
jsedky@umich.edu
About Justine
Joined UMS in 2018
Favorite UMS Performance: Ali Chahrour’s Layl (Night)
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734-763-0611
sarabill@umich.edu
About Sara
Joined UMS in 1988-93, and then again in 1996
Favorite UMS Performance: Too many to count! But the ones that always rise to the top are: Jessye Norman singing Strauss’s Four Last Songs, Celibidache conducting Munich Phil in Bruckner, Mariss Jansons conducting Shostakovich 7, Benjamin Grosvenor recital, Complicite’s The Elephant Vanishes, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Ballet Preljocaj Snow White… and so many more!
Sara joined UMS in 1988 while a student at U-M, where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in English after a short-lived stint as an oboe performance major. Five years later, she moved to California, where she completed an MBA at Stanford with a focus on public management and worked for San Francisco Opera as a Financial Analyst.
Sara returned to Ann Arbor in 1996 to head up UMS’s Marketing & Communications department and now serves as Vice President, Marketing & Communications. She has combined her arts background and her interest in analytics to develop new models for understanding audience behavior and is a frequent guest speaker about a variety of marketing topics at industry conferences.
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734-764-8633
hrinn@umich.edu
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734-647-4020
lilymich@umich.edu
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734-615-6590
ewoodham@umich.edu
About Eric
Joined UMS in 2018
Favorite UMS Performance: Max Richter’s Vivaldi Recomposed with Daniel Hope and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (November 2019)
Eric Woodhams has led transformative digital projects for performing arts organizations, including the Aspen Music Festival and School, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, and UMS. Eric graduated from Indiana University with degrees in music and arts administration before fusing his passions for the arts, technology, and marketing into his career. When not attending concerts at UMS or in Detroit, Eric loves introducing visitors to the beauty of the Motor City, working out with Peloton, and spending time with his rescue dog, Achilles.
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734-764-9906
mjaco@umich.edu
About Mark
Joined UMS in 1998
Favorite UMS Performance: Falling Up and Getting Down season-opening community celebration at Ann Arbor Skatepark in 2016
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734-615-4285
alextgay@umich.edu
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734-615-4077
mbroeder@umich.edu
About Mary
Joined UMS in 2006 as an intern, 2007 as a full-time staff member
Favorite UMS Performance: Igor and Moreno, Idiot-Syncrasy; National Theatre of Scotland, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, Ryoki Ikeda, Superposition, and like 10 more things
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734-647-4010
rpcla@umich.edu
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jackeo@umich.edu
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About Scott
Scott Hanoian is the Music Director and Conductor of the University Musical Society Choral Union where he conducts and prepares the Grammy Award-winning chorus in performances with the world’s finest orchestras and conductors. Choruses prepared by Mr. Hanoian have sung under the batons of Yannick Nézet-Seguin, Leonard Slatkin, Ivan Fischer, Dennis Russell Davies, and Osmo Vänskä.
Mr. Hanoian is active as a conductor, organist, lecturer, continuo artist, accompanist, choral adjudicator, and guest clinician. He is the Director of Music and Organist at Christ Church Grosse Pointe, where he directs the church’s four choirs and oversees the yearly concert series. Mr. Hanoian has served on the faculty of Wayne State University and Oakland University and was the artistic director and conductor of the Oakland Choral Society from 2013–2015.
As an organist and conductor, Mr. Hanoian has performed concerts throughout the US and has led choirs on trips to Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, France, and Spain. Most recently, Mr. Hanoian led the Christ Church Choirs during weeklong residencies at York Minster, Durham Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Wells Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey.
Before moving to Grosse Pointe, Mr. Hanoian was the Assistant Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Washington National Cathedral where he played the organ for many services including the funerals for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.
Mr. Hanoian has recorded the complete organ works of Johannes Brahms for the JAV label.
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